Download links:
- Windows Installer (Universal)
- Windows Portable x64, x86, or ARM64 (for work/public PCs without the ability to install new programs)
- macOS (Universal)
- Snap (for Ubuntu-based Linux distros)
- Flatpak (for other Linux distros)
- AppImage (Linux, no installation required, not recommended on Wayland)
- Raspberry Pi 4
- NVIDIA Jetson and Nintendo Switch (Ubuntu L4T)
- Steam Link device
The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.
To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.
To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.
New Features:
- Cursor lock can now be disabled when in full-screen mode
- Overlays are now supported on the non-EGL X11 VAAPI renderer (requires RGBA subpicture support in the VAAPI driver)
- Connection status warnings are now supported on Steam Link
Behavior Changes:
- Moonlight can now reduce the client display resolution in full-screen mode if the current display mode doesn't have a high enough refresh rate for the selected stream frame rate
- When choosing a new client display resolution in full-screen mode, Moonlight will pick a display mode with the closest aspect ratio to the selected stream resolution
- Moonlight will now try using non-default GPUs on Windows if the default GPU doesn't support the specified video codec
- Moonlight now defaults to borderless windowed mode on Wayland systems
- Moonlight uses D3D11VA decoding by default on Windows ARM64 for improved performance at higher resolutions
Bugfixes:
- Improved 4K HDR streaming performance on Windows
- Improved streaming performance in borderless windowed mode on Windows
- Fixed Moonlight's full-screen window being stuck on top after Alt+Tab on Windows
- Fixed excessive scrolling acceleration on macOS
- Fixed missing toolbar buttons in certain languages
- Fixed some text on the settings page not updating when the language is changed
- Fixed a frame pacing bug that could cause excessive frame drops
- Fixed the "keep display awake" setting not being saved when Moonlight restarts
- Fixed black screen after unmaximizing the Moonlight window on some Linux systems
- Fixed broken video stream scaling on the Raspberry Pi when streaming H.264 in full-screen
- Fixed broken display mode switching on the Raspberry Pi when streaming H.264 in full-screen
- Fixed renderer selection logic on the Raspberry Pi that could lead to poor performance when rpivid-v4l2 is enabled
- Updated included gamepad mappings
- Updated community-contributed translations
Known Issues:
- Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
- In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
- In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.